Informatics
Company Announcements
Cresset created the Versaphor desktop-applications division to supply tools based on its Fields (the 3D surface and electrostatic properties of molecules) technology to medicinal chemists, patent teams and others.
CAMO Software opened an office in Yokohama, Japan, in March.
Ingenuity Systems named Molecule Scientific its exclusive distributor for Taiwan, and Biodiagnostics a distributor for Greece, Turkey and the Balkan countries.
Under a partnership with Symyx Technologies, Simulations Plus will use information from Symyx’s Metabolite database to develop a new system for in silico predictive modeling of metabolic properties.
Symyx joined the Pistoia Alliance and is participating in the ELN Query Services Working Group.
German-based up to date professional services, a technology solutions provider for life science labs, joined Thermo Fisher Scientific’s Informatics Global Partner Alliance Program.
CLC bio partnered with Ion Torrent.
Dotmatics opened a second US office in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Product Introductions
Thermo Fisher Scientific released LIMS-on-Demand, a software-as-a-service enterprise-class LIMS.
LabWare introduced the LabWare ELN, which works seamlessly with its LabWare LIMS.
Quality Systems launched the VersaLIMS.NET, a modular, self-contained laboratory data management system for small- to medium-sized labs.
GeneGo released ToxHunter, the first set of tools and content to result from its industry-FDA MetaTox partnership.
BioDiscovery introduced Nexus Expression 2.0 for gene expression analysis.
AJ Blomesystem, an Analytik Jena company, released ENMOhydro, a web-based software system for the control of automated water quality measuring networks.
Syrris released Cresset’s Medstere software, which suggests novel bioisosteres for a lead compound.
Symyx announced ELN integrations with the Thermo Scientific Atlas chromatography data system (CDS), Waters Empower CDS, Agilent OpenLAB enterprise content manager, and the Work Request and Metrology components of its Lab Operations suite.
Genedata introduced Genedata Screener 8, featuring a redesigned user interface.
Titian Software launched Mosaic Sample Management 4.0, featuring a Substance Registration System.
Dotmatics launched the web-based Studies Notebook ELN for chemistry, biology and ad hoc research.